'Bureaucratic hurdles' endanger Afghanistan aid, advocates worry
Public Safety Canada says a new process to permit development workers to gain exemptions from terror financing laws in order to work in Afghanistan is expected to be in place by the end of the year.
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![Afghan refugee children warm themselves with fire in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. A huge number of Afghans refugees entered the Torkham border to return home hours before the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. Afghan children huddle around a campfire.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7032659.1714231182!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/afghanistan-pakistan-migration.jpg)
Public Safety Canada says a new process to permit development workers to gain exemptions from terror financing laws in order to work in Afghanistan is expected to be in place by the end of the year.